Steer Creek (Devil's Gulch): Barstovian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Aelurodon ferox
Leidy 1858
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| "Devil's Gulch Member... Steer Creek, 40 ft below Burge Member" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Cherry |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 100.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 97.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ogallala | Formation: | Valentine | Member: | Devil's Gulch |
| Local section: | ValAH | Local bed: | 3 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:the only locality and section on Steer Creek mentioned by Skinner and Johnson 1984 clearly is UNSM Cr-104 in the Cap Rock; no exposure below the Cap Rock is indicated by them; however, stratigraphic data of Wang et al. are unambiguous | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18411 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-02-05 15:13:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3558. | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |